Tag Archives: Security

That sound you heard at the end of 2014 wasn’t just champagne corks popping. It was also a collected sigh of relief from IT leaders whose organizations managed to avoid a data breach. 2014 earned its title as “Year of the Hack” with three of the all-time worst data breaches occurring over the past 12 […]

CIO.com recently released its 2015 State of the CIO Survey– a crystal ball into the opportunities and challenges that top CIOs will face in the coming year. The changing role of CIOs, an increased focus on security, the lack of IT talent, and investments in big data, mobile and cloud computing remain key focus areas for CIOs in 2015.

Technology research firm IDC forecasts that worldwide public IT cloud services spending will reach almost $108 billion by 2017, up from an estimated $47.4 billion in 2013. A key factor is the explosion of data which is leading CIOs to adopt cloud data storage for remote storage, archiving, and information sharing. Given the additional layers […]

Companies that adopted BYOD policies envisioned happier, more productive employees as well as a lower spend on company laptops and smartphones. In many cases, their vision didn’t become a reality. Following are four reasons why BYOD has lost its luster.

Election season is officially over, freeing up CIOs of all 50 states to turn their attention to 2015 planning. A recent article by CIO.com entitled, State CIOs List Security as Top Priority for 2015, recapped key takeaways from a survey conducted by the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO). NASCIO asked its members for insights […]